Section 3.01 of Article 3 of the Charter of The Metropolitan Government of
Nashville and Davidson County shall be amended by deleting such section in
its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following new Section 3.01:

“Section 3.01. Metropolitan
county council created.

The legislative authority
of the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County, except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Charter,
shall be vested in the metropolitan county council, sometimes hereinafter called “Council”,
which shall have a total membership of twenty-one (21), including three (3)
councilmembers-at-large, and eighteen (18) district councilmembers. The entire
electorate of the metropolitan government shall elect the three (3) councilmembers-at-large
and each of the eighteen (18) councilmanic districts shall elect one district
councilmember. There shall be eighteen (18) council districts in the metropolitan
government, which are hereby created and established in accordance with detailed
description to be accomplished as provided in Section 18.06 of this Charter.

The provisions of this
amendment shall become effective beginning with the metropolitan government
elections to be held in August of 2011.”

FOR THE BALLOT

Amendment No. ______

This amendment would reduce the Metropolitan Council from forty (40) to twenty-one
(21) members effective as of the council term beginning September 1, 2011,
with three (3) councilmembers-at-large and eighteen (18) district councilmembers.